It's how the Spanish Flu launched.

GOP Armed Services chair warns ending mandatory military flu shots ‘a mistake’ Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said the Pentagon’s policy change to no longer require all U.S. troops to get flu shots is a “mistake,” drawing a contrast between fl…

Hegseth is a damn fool.

- someone whose work has been in the Daily Brief for the Joint Chiefs related to force protection around disease.

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Still me, although I will see people when using a N95.

Never infected.

Cardiovascular Exploring the underlying molecular mechanisms of acute myocardial infarction after SARS-CoV-2 infection (2024) Our findings could explain molecular pathogenesis of the two diseases, inclu…

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Nobody tell Makis. He might get ideas.

Link?

I was today years old when I learned how big this painting is. I had no idea

Who would have thought that I would find a period room in NYC from a location that is literally in walking distance from my home.

Imagine my excitement in finding an entire gallery dedicated to Hatshepsut. I had taken my kids to a lecture by the archaeologist who discovered the tomb. It was fascinating. Further, she was the only female pharaoh and had a very successful reign. We need to learn from history.

Climate change will certainly lead to war. There is no way that the amount of displacement and food insecurity wouldn't have that effect. I suspect we are well past that tipping point.

Very early on friends of mine asked me how long the pandemic would last. I told them to count on at least eight years. I think I grossly underestimated.

They would ban me from that as well.

Invasive monitoring requires heparin. I just view this as another crumbling part of healthcare.

"We can’t let a country ‘blackmail or extort’ the world." - DJT, 4/13/26.

Also DJT, "Tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary." - 1/20/25

So much dementia.

They would likely terminate my contract. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I have a HEPA filter blowing at me at my desk. It's when I go on rounds that I'm concerned.

Thank you @baldwin.senate.gov & Sen. Susan Collins for introducing S. 4283 to reauthorize the Public Health and Bio-Preparedness Workforce Loan Repayment Programs to strengthen the ID, HIV & public health workforce.

IDSA & @hivma.bsky.social call on Congress to swiftly reauthorize: bit.ly/4vyUlnz

Dr. Erica Schwartz emerges as White House's top pick for CDC leader Dr. Erica Schwartz has emerged as the White House's top pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to current and former officials.

The White House must have made a mistake. She seems highly qualified. I bet she won't last long under Donnie dementia if confirmed.

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Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US In the 2024-2025 school year, only 78.5% of kindergartners had measles vaccination.

Florida has Disney World
California has Disneyland
Idaho has FAFOland.

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I hear you. The hospital I'm contracting at won't let me wear a n95 unless "clinically indicated." I'm so frustrated.

Or they should keep the invitation, but allow me to “speak” before him, and introduce him with his own videos.

That’s it.

I’ll come if invited!

I think people will have to learn the hard way. Even when given evidence, it seems that the appeal of how things were is just to strong to face up to reality.

6- How will that go with a tariff trade war?

5- The decrease in supply of raw materials causes prices to rise, quality to drop, and major shortages. Demand will continue to increase with COVID‑related coagulopathy.

4- African swine fever outbreaks (2018-2021) and recent flare ups has killed hundreds of millions of pigs in China.

3- Guess where most of the raw material (porcine intestinal mucosa comes from). China.

2- About 50% of hospitalized patients receive heparin or another anticoagulant. Among ICU patients, that's as high as about 80%.

Drug Shortage Detail: Heparin Injection Drug Shortage Detail: Heparin Injection

1-6 Ready for a little more anxiety? I give you a heparin shortage.

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PREVIEW: The Great Barrington Declaration: Documents, Defenses, and Disputations Another Shameless Attempt to Rewrite History

Excellent takedown of Bhattacharya and his book about the GBD. He is a monster and should not be involved in health policy AT ALL.

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Pandemic Stress and Grief I figured out a way today to describe what the pandemic is like from my perspective. It’s a slow-motion mass casualty incident. To explain why this framing feels so accurate to me, I need to …

How the pandemic feels from my perspective.

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In cases like this, the government should remove the kids from this home and the parents charged with child endangerment.